Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 24 March 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:21, sunset 18:35. Yamaganda 07:53 to 09:24. Gulika Kalam 10:56 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 02:37Moonrise 12:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 24 March 2010

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Navami until 01:49 Thu, then Dashami.

Observed today Rama Navami

Times forNew Delhi · 24 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:21
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:53 to 09:24
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:56 to 12:28
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:24
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:59
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:35
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:37 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 01:49 Thu · Dashami until 23:27 Thu
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:03, then Punarvasu until 10:41 Thu
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:27, then Atiganda until 20:25 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 14:50 · Kaulava until 01:49 Thu · Taitila until 12:41 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:21The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:35Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 14 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:37Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise12:24Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Rama NavamiWednesday 24 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiFriday 26 MarchBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:18 and 08:45.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.